Pierre Nicole

Pierre Nicole (* October 19, 1625 in Chartres, † November 16, 1695 in Paris) was a French theologian and logician, as representatives of Jansenism.

With Antoine Arnauld, he wrote La ou l'art de penser logique (known as the logic of Port- Royal), a book that advocated logical reasoning as a prerequisite for the acquisition of knowledge. It was for the reconnaissance of the 18th century is of particular importance.

Works

  • Antoine Arnauld and Pierre Nicole: Logic or the Art of Thinking. 2, durchges. and heated to an introduction. Edition, University Press WBG, Darmstadt 1994, ISBN 3-534-03710-3
  • Les aires vision. Liège 1667
  • Essais de morale. 12 vols Paris 1714 Volume 11: Traité de l' éducation d'un prince.
  • In German: Moral experiments. 6 vols Bamberg & Würzburg 1782 ff
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